Grants We Funded
Grant applicants for the 2023 cycle requested a total of nearly $4 million dollars. The PSF Study Section Subcommittees of Basic & Translational Research and Clinical Research evaluated nearly 140 grant applications on the following topics:
The PSF awarded research grants totaling over $1 million dollars to support nearly 30 plastic surgery research proposals.
ASPS/PSF leadership is committed to continuing to provide high levels of investigator-initiated research support to ensure that plastic surgeons have the needed research resources to be pioneers and innovators in advancing the practice of medicine.
Research Abstracts
Search The PSF database to have easy access to full-text grant abstracts from past PSF-funded research projects 2003 to present. All abstracts are the work of the Principal Investigators and were retrieved from their PSF grant applications. Several different filters may be applied to locate abstracts specific to a particular focus area or PSF funding mechanism.
Inside-Out Tissue Engineering for Hepatic Replacement
Geoffrey Gurtner MD · Stanford University
Intraoperative Imaging of Mastectomy Skin Flaps for Breast Reconstruction
Lesley Wong MD · University of Kentucky Research Foundation
Intraoperative Vascularized Adipose Flap Bioprinting
Dino Ravnic DO · The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Investigating the Role of Myofibroblasts in Wound Healing
Mark Fisher MD · Duke University
Investigating the Use of MRI for Diagnosing and Managing Wrist Ligament Injuries
Brett Michelotti MD · University of Michigan
Investigation of Mechanical Forces on Wound Healing Angiogenesis
Douglas Helm MD · Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigation of Muscle Reinnervation and Functional Recovery
Philip Johnson PhD · Washington University
Investigation of subclinical infection in breast implant capsular contracture
Michael Delong MD · The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Investigation of the Effects of Amifostine in the Mitigation of Radiation Injury
Alicia Snider MD · University of Michigan
iPSC based Tissue Engineered Graft for Wound Healing
Henry Hsia MD · CT - 19/19 - Yale University School of Medicine